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Navwien language

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Possibly extinct language of Vanuatu
Navwien
Native toVanuatu
RegionMalakula
Native speakers"handful" (2013)
Language familyAustronesian
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottolognavw1234
ELPNavwien
Navwien is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Navwien is a possibly extinct language of Vanuatu, presumably one of the Malekula Interior languages. It was spoken in the southwestern corner of Malekula, near Malfaxal.

References

  1. ^ Robert Blust, 2013, The Austronesian Languages
Languages of Vanuatu
Official languages
Indigenous
languages
(Southern
Oceanic

and Polynesian)
North
Vanuatu
Torres–Banks
Penama
Espiritu Santo
Central
Vanuatu
Epi
Malakula
South Vanuatu
Polynesian
Southern Oceanic languages
North
Vanuatu
Torres–Banks
Maewo–Ambae–
North Pentecost
South Pentecost
Espiritu Santo
Nuclear
Southern
Oceanic
Central Vanuatu
South Vanuatu
Erromango
Tanna
Loyalties–
New Caledonia
Loyalty Islands
New Caledonian
Southern
Northern
  • * indicates proposed status
  • ? indicates classification dispute
  • † indicates extinct status
Austronesian languages
Formosan
Malayo-Polynesian
Western
Philippine
Greater Barito*
Greater North Borneo*
Celebic
South Sulawesi
Central
Eastern
SHWNG
Oceanic
Western
Southern
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  • ? indicates classification dispute
  • † indicates extinct status

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